The Wrong Question
Dec. 15th, 2019 04:48 pmI really get tired of the arguments about which fictional characters deserve redemption. I feel the way such arguments are conducted often trivializes the topic into a 'you're a bad person because you didn't like my fave' or 'you're a bad person because you like a character I hate' dichotomy. But more than that, I feel that the question of 'does this character deserve redemption?' is entirely incoherent at its core. Redemption is not something bestowed on a person, it is something they do. You can make any fictional character perform redemptive acts or not, but that in itself says nothing about how other people should see the issue of redemption and rehabilitative justice in real life.